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Leaders around the world react to the death of Pope Francis, remembered for his compassion
The Pope had become well known for his messages to world leaders calling for greater mercy, love for the poor, and respect for the environment.
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Everyday Economics: This week's housing headlines likely will be misleading. Here's Why.
New reality is modest price adjustments coexist with steady sales growth and localized strength.
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Arizona Democrat governor vetos bill requiring local and state cooperation with ICE
“I will continue to work with the federal government on true border security, but we should not force state and local officials to take marching orders from Washington,” Hobbs said in the veto letter.
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Chicago reigns as country’s ‘homicide capital’ for 13th straight year
Even as overall murder rates across the country dipped, Chicago also claimed the top spot for highest murder rate per capita among big cities at 21.5 per 100,000 population, or three times the levels of Los Angeles and nearly five times of New York City.
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DeSantis says he returned nearly $880 million in federal funds after meeting with Musk, DOGE
"For years, Florida has been trying to return federal funds to the federal government due to the ideological strings attached by the Biden Administration—but they couldn't even figure out how to accept it," he wrote on X.
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CA gained 76% fewer jobs in 2024 than estimated, grew just 0.3%
A 2024 state-funded report found that California private sector employment went into a downturn in 2022, with jobs growth only coming from the public sector and related employment.
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Illinois House presents package of bills to address human trafficking
Package of bills would remove the statute of
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Los Angeles father says 911 put him on hold for 58 minutes after burglary
Police told him that his home was broken into by professionals who used a WiFi jammer to disable his non-hardwired security camera.
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Johnson & Johnson to invest $55 billion in American manufacturing over four years
The White House called it “the latest massive victory in President Donald J. Trump’s unrelenting pursuit of American manufacturing dominance,”
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'Virginia is ready' for education to return to states, says Gov. Youngkin
One clear example of the commonwealth exercising that control is its recent move to ban artificial food dyes in all public school meals.
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Measure seeks to have Illinois join Australia in compulsory voting practices
Opponent of HB 2718 Carol Davis with the Illinois Election Integrity Program said the proposal is a classic “left-wing” slippery-slope bill.
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Lutnick says Trump has agreed to eliminate income taxes for Americans making less than $150K
President Donald Trump previously teased eliminating the federal income tax in January, claiming that if his plans with tariffs work out then he would eliminate the federal tax.
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Arizona, California join suit fighting Trump's executive order dismantling Department of Education
The Democratic attorneys general are part of a coalition of 20 states that filed the suit. Plaintiffs also include the District of Columbia.